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This is the unofficial Cypriot Armenians (Gibrahayer) web page. The aim of the site is to collect/distribute information about the Cypriot Armenians, its history and culture.

Armenians have lived in Cyprus for centuries, but the present community on the island is mainly the result of immigration during and immediately after the Armenian Genocide of 1915-23 in Turkey. Currently, some 2750 Armenians live in Cyprus, mainly in Nicosia, Larnaca and Limassol. According to recent un-official estimates, the population has increased to 3250-3500 mainly due to the exodus of Armenians from Armenia.

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BENON SEVAN: AGBU YOUNG PROFESSIONALS (YP) IN CYPRUS
28th July 2010: Very Dear Friends, I should like to inform you that in September I intend to launch a campaign to establish an AGBU Young Professionals (YP) in Cyprus and I count ...[+]
BRYZA WRONGLY TELLS SENATORS:ARMENIAN PATRIARCH IS DEAD
27th July 2010: Barack Obama ran for the Presidency on a platform of "change" and promised to bring a fresh approach to domestic and foreign policy issues. After the election, however, he disappointed ...[+]
TURKEY HAS NO RIGHT TO INTERFERE IN ARMENIAN PATRIARCH’S ELECTION
21st July 2010: Although the Treaty of Lausanne is supposed to protect the rights of non-Muslim minorities in Turkey – Armenians, Greeks, and Jews – these rights are routinely violated by the ...[+]
BOOK REVIEW: SLEIGHT OF HAND ON THE WORLD STAGE
29th June 2010: Levon Chorbajian reviews The Invention of History: Azerbaijan, Armenia, and the Showcasing of Imagination. Rouben Galichian's The Invention of History: Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Showcasing of Imagination (Gomidas Institute/Printinfo Art ...[+]
GROWING TURKISH INFLUENCE IN MIDDLE EAST LEADS TO RESTRICTIONS IN ARMENIAN RIGHTS
15th June 2010: Turkey's growing influence in the Middle East, even before the naval confrontation with Israel over Gaza , had prompted some Arab countries to restrict the political rights of local Armenian ...[+]